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Trachyaspis

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Trachyaspis was named by von Meyer (1843). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dermatemydidae by Lydekker (1889) and Carroll (1988); and to Cheloniidae by Weems (1974) and Weems (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Trachyaspis von Meyer
1889Trachyaspis Lydekker pp. 129-130
1891Trionyx melitensis Lydekker
1974Trachyaspis Weems
1988Trachyaspis Carroll
2023Trachyaspis Weems

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
genusTrachyaspisvon Meyer 1843

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Trachyaspis von Meyer 1843
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†Trachyaspis aegyptiaca Lydekker 1889
†Trachyaspis hantoniensis Lydekker 1889
†Trachyaspis lardyi Meyer 1873
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Invalid names: Testudo varicosa Costa 1851 [synonym], Trionyx bellunensis Misuri 1911 [synonym]
Invalid names: Trionyx melitensis Lydekker 1891 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Valanginian to the top of the Tortonian or 140.20000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 136.4 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Switzerland T. sanctae-crucis (2225)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) T. hantoniensis (39643)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania (Cluj-Napoca) T. sp. (221117)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Virginia) T. lardyi (167203)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Malta Trionyx melitensis (190863)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Switzerland T. sp. (69539)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy T. lardyi (47187)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Maryland) T. lardyi (71810)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Bordeaux) T. miocenicus (48660)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Italy (Sardinia) T. lardyi (226831)
Burdigalian - Messinian20.44 - 5.333Italy (Apulia) Testudo varicosa (47125)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) T. lardyi (79793)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) T. lardyi (126605 187324)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) T. lardyi (97475)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) T. lardyi (219172 221449)